THEMIS five-spacecraft magnetosphere research mission
NASA launched five identical THEMIS probes in February 2007 to study auroral substorms and energy release in Earth magnetosphere; two probes were later repurposed into the ARTEMIS lunar mission while three continued THEMIS observations.
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Identity
- Aliases
- THEMISTime History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during SubstormsTHEMIS probesP1P2P3P4P5
- Family Name
- THEMIS
- Full Name
- THEMIS five-spacecraft magnetosphere research mission
- Roles
- orbiterresearch
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- NASA launched five identical THEMIS probes in February 2007 to study auroral substorms and energy release in Earth magnetosphere; two probes were later repurposed into the ARTEMIS lunar mission while three continued THEMIS observations.
- First Flight Year
- 2,007
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/themis/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 00:14:40 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 00:14:40 UTC